Method: files.update | Google Drive | Google for Developers (original) (raw)
- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Query parameters
- Request body
- Response body
- Authorization scopes
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Updates a file's metadata and/or content. When calling this method, only populate fields in the request that you want to modify. When updating fields, some fields might be changed automatically, such as modifiedDate. This method supports patch semantics.
This method supports an /upload URI and accepts uploaded media with the following characteristics:
- Maximum file size: 5,120 GB
- Accepted Media MIME types:
*/*
Note: Specify a valid MIME type, rather than the literal */* value. The literal */* is only used to indicate that any valid MIME type can be uploaded.
For more information on uploading files, see Upload file data.
HTTP request
- Upload URI, for media upload requests:
PATCH https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files/{fileId} - Metadata URI, for metadata-only requests:
PATCH https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/{fileId}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| fileId | string The ID of the file. |
Query parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| addParents | string A comma-separated list of parent IDs to add. |
| enforceSingleParent**(deprecated)** | boolean Deprecated: Adding files to multiple folders is no longer supported. Use shortcuts instead. |
| keepRevisionForever | boolean Whether to set the 'keepForever' field in the new head revision. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Google Drive. Only 200 revisions for the file can be kept forever. If the limit is reached, try deleting pinned revisions. |
| ocrLanguage | string A language hint for OCR processing during image import (ISO 639-1 code). |
| removeParents | string A comma-separated list of parent IDs to remove. |
| supportsAllDrives | boolean Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives. |
| supportsTeamDrives**(deprecated)** | boolean Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead. |
| uploadType | string The type of upload request to the /upload URI. If you are uploading data with an /upload URI, this field is required. If you are creating a metadata-only file, this field is not required. Additionally, this field is not shown in the "Try this method" widget because the widget doesn't support data uploads.Acceptable values are:media - Simple upload. Upload the media only, without any metadata.multipart - Multipart upload. Upload both the media and its metadata, in a single request.resumable - Resumable upload. Upload the file in a resumable fashion, using a series of at least two requests where the first request includes the metadata. |
| useContentAsIndexableText | boolean Whether to use the uploaded content as indexable text. |
| includePermissionsForView | string Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. Only 'published' is supported. |
| includeLabels | string A comma-separated list of IDs of labels to include in the labelInfo part of the response. |
Request body
The request body contains an instance of [File](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/files#File).
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of [File](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/files#File).
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drivehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdatahttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.filehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadatahttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.scripts
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.